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Briefing notes: What matters in education?

The resources on this page prompt reflection on how to enable more democratic and inclusive decision-making in education.

These briefing notes link to the What matters in education? panel discussion series.  Jointly organised by the UCL Institute of Education Pro-Director Research and the ESRC Education Research Programme (ERP), the series aims to spark new thinking across education, social research and the wider social sciences on how research, policy and practice can most productively interact. 

Teacher recruitment, retention and development - rethinking policy and practice priorities 

Read the briefing notes
Read the IOE Blog: Looking at teacher recruitment and retention in a new light 
Watch the full panel discussion.

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Practical policies or bright ideas? How particular topics get to the front of the policy queue

Read the briefing notes
Read the IOE Blog: 
How should research, policy and practice interact in the interests of education?

Pupil absence: Questions for policy, for research and in practice

Read the briefing notes
Read the IOE Blog: Rising school absence: what do we know and what can we do?
Watch the full panel discussion

Investing in the Early Years: Priorities and challenges

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Resources include:

  • a recording of each event (where possible),
  • a blog on the topic,
  • a summary of the discussion,
  • the questions raised in Q&A between the panel and the audience.

Together they highlight gaps in current knowledge that could usefully be filled.

To set an agenda for educational change:

We are mindful of the differences in policy priorities across the 4 nations of the UK. 
We recognise that what matters most in education right now may well vary: for
 parents, families and pupils, practitioners, policymakers and researchers in different parts of the country. 

In choosing our topics and our speakers we want to reflect that diversity of views and find ways of enabling more democratic and inclusive decision-making in education. 
That includes finding new forms of partnership working in education that can change how research, policy and practice interact.